Everyday seems like a struggle. 53 years old. Had good periods, bad periods. Just feels like the meds are not doing anything anymore. I somehow get through it, because I know that giving in to it, is even worse. I want relief. I also see my 11 year old daughter struggle with some of this stuff. Hard at the moment.
Jesus is the One who helps me. You only need to ask for help to Him in Faith. Have you ever heard the Gospel? I can tell it to you: Jesus , God’s Only Son, was sent to this world 2000 years ago to live perfectly and be rejected by men who put Him to death on a cross—but that’s all apart of God’s Plan. The Bible says whoever will believe in Jesus —Just belief and trust and surrender—will be saved. Jesus lived perfectly and sinlessly, while we as humans all sin and deserve punishment because we offend God and He must be Just and Holy , and He wouldn’t be if He just ignored our sin. But the good news is Jesus will give you eternal life with Him in Heaven when we die —forever. He will hold your hand. Don’t be scared. God bless you
Hang in there! Hope and healing is real! ERP has helped me! I am 57 and have had OCD most of my life.💝
@Anonymous Are you recovered?? Proud of ur badge :) how long have you been doing it
@Anonymous I started in January 2023. I have had OCD sense childhood, different themes. I am 57 years old. I have had talk therapy and read books. I am a Christian and have grown in my faith and leaned on God’s promises mightily. ERP has showed me what OCD is and how to react. It has given me the tools to face it the right way. Hope is real!!
It’ll be ok.
Have you done therapy?? :( ERP
Exposure and Response Prevention therapy is the gold standard treatment with OCD. After a long time, your system will be used to medication and symptoms may persist despite high doses. I understand how you feel — I’m on medication too and have barely noticed any difference no matter how doped up I am. Lots of people struggle with treatment-resistant OCD, which means they just need extra help in managing their symptoms. I highly recommend looking into ERP if you have not already. You can do virtual therapy through this app, or you can find a certified specialist through IOCDF’s directory. If you don’t use NOCD, I strongly encourage IOCDF because the providers have done specialized training and are registered as specialists in OCD. I wish you peace and wellness moving forward
@ocd_italiana How has ur erp treatment been going love?
@Anonymous I have not started therapy yet. I’m still on a special treatment plan I was put on due to suicidal actions. They want me to be “stable” before starting ERP, and now I’m worried about a further delay in treatment due to my PTSD
I know how u feel. Meds never helped me at all so its very hard coping with severe OCD ..everyday its hard..
@Stefanie280 I suggest you speak to a therapist babe ( ERP)
Im in therapy with OCD therapist just started
I am 55. Got help a year ago through NOCD. ERP therapy really helps.
@Saks Wow how are you doing now?? Are you recovered?
I feel like for a while I haven’t really felt truly happy or very excited for anything. Every day feels like an uphill climb dealing with this OCD problem of mine and trying as hard as I can to solve it, seek advice, etc… It often feels hopeless for me and that I should just be discarded, like I’m too far gone and I can’t get rid of it. Anyway, the pint is I haven’t really felt happy enough to actually just be smiling in a long time. I can’t rember the last time I actually smiled because I didn’t think about it and just naturally smiled because I was happy. Feels like I’m at war with my head everyday. I feel numb. I feel like I can’t feel emotions strongly like I used to. I can’t feel strongly about something where I’m motivated to ACT on something, to DO something, to try something new or break a routine or even feel like I am taking a risk or having fun. It’s like I have forgotten what FUN is like. Actual fun, not trying to have fun, but having fun. As a side note, maybe it’s too far fetched or not true but the medication I am on for my OCD (Sertraline, 25 mg dosage) , I am suspicious is making me numb like this. Sometimes I feel one if maybe this, small yet somewhat effective dosage of this medication is making me like this. I remember when I went off of it for a brief period last summer I could feel a lot more than I am feeling right now. But unfortunately my OCD was sooo bad as a result. So bad I couldn’t face it and I would be pretty much having a straight panic attack all day. So I’m not sure if coming off of that is the right move. After all I went back on it because wow I was having trouble dealing with myself. But like I said, that is just an afterthought. This is often how I trudge through the day…
Hey today I’m feeling very tired because of my OCD I’m just so tired of it. I feel I’m doing everything to get better. I disregard the thoughts, I’m trying to do things like I don’t have ocd but it doesn’t want to go away. I was doing fine for a long period of time and now I feel like I’m back a square one. It’s been almost 2 months now I’m battling with OCD and I’m just tired. Sure I have moments where it’s better than others, I also have days where I barely have OCD but I also have really bad days like today where I just don’t want to get out of bed. Last time I had a relapse it took my 4 weeks to get out of it I don’t understand why this time it takes me more. I’m starting believing that I will never feel better again. Anyway I’m gonna try to find the strength to get out of bed and to start my day. But I just wanted to share. It’s such a horrible illness.
I’ve been dealing with a really bad flare up the last 2 weeks and i’ve been dealing with ocd on and off for years. I was finally feeling better today, So of course my ocd decided to bring up an old intrusive thought that was really upsetting and now i’m stuck on it again. The reason why I struggle so much to conquer my ocd is because I developed ocd as postpartum so my ocd targets my kids, the ones that mean everything to me. The intrusive thoughts range from mild to really disturbing. While I know deep down the intrusive thoughts aren’t true or me, the ocd makes it feel SO real and true which makes me feel like I HAVE to disprove the thoughts and with confidence but the ocd won’t let me. It also makes me question analyze and judge everything I do. It’s an endless cycle of pain and I just want to be a mom without ocd telling me i’m a horrible person all day every day. 😪
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